Pallet Racking Inspection Hams Hall Coleshill

Pallet Racking Inspections at Hams Hall Distribution Park, Coleshill

Hams Hall Distribution Park in Coleshill is one of the West Midlands' premier logistics and automotive manufacturing support hubs, located off Junction 9 of the M42 and close to the M6. The park features an integrated intermodal rail freight terminal and units spanning up to 400,000 sq ft, with clear eaves heights from 12m to 16m. Occupiers include Jaguar Land Rover, Deutsche Post DHL, Sainsbury's and BMW — demanding continuous Just-In-Time and Just-In-Sequence MHE movements across heavy automotive supply chains.

Rackstor UK Ltd provides SEMA-aligned, SARI-accredited racking inspections tailored to the heavy industrial and automotive environments at Hams Hall and across the B46 logistics corridor.

Heavy Stillage & Non-Standard Load Racking

Industrial storage at Hams Hall frequently involves metal stillages and dense automotive parts containers. Metal stillages concentrate load onto four steel feet rather than spreading weight evenly across timber runners like standard EURO pallets. SEMA guidelines mandate that rack beam profiles designed for stillages must feature fitted stillage location channels or heavy-duty steel pallet support bars to prevent point-load deformation of beam top flanges and eliminate stillage slip risks.

High-frequency MHE operations handling heavy automotive parts apply significant upward force components during load extraction. All beam connectors must use SEMA-compliant heavy-duty safety locks resisting up to 1.5kN of vertical uplift force.

What Our Inspectors Focus On at Hams Hall

Beam Flange Localised Deformation: Localised crushing or twisting of beam flanges where stillage feet rest invalidates the manufacturer's load rating table and requires immediate beam replacement.
VNA Guide Rail Integrity: VNA aisles with mechanical steel floor guide rails are inspected for rail alignment, anchorage failure and rail-to-upright clearance. Impact damage to guide rails can cause turret truck derailment.
Aisle Widths & Turn Radii: Operational encroachment — staging pallets or stillages within MHE turning radii at aisle ends — greatly increases upright strike risks. We document every instance against the original design drawings.
Beam Connector Lock Verification: Every beam connector is checked for heavy-duty safety locks. A single missing or substandard lock on a heavily loaded automotive bay presents an immediate structural risk.
Pedestrian Segregation: Physical steel pedestrian barriers must separate foot traffic from active MHE aisles. We check that barriers are present, securely anchored and undamaged throughout.

PUWER 1998 & HSE Enforcement

HSE inspectors visiting automotive logistics sites at Hams Hall strictly enforce PUWER Regulation 4: any damaged racking component identified as a red risk must be replaced using identical original manufacturer parts. Fabricating custom repair sleeves or field-welding uprights without explicit written engineering approval from the original rack manufacturer breaches PUWER and results in immediate enforcement action. Load notices must also be updated whenever rack configurations change to suit new vehicle model parts supply lines.

Our written reports document every finding to BS EN 15635 and the SEMA Code of Practice, giving you the evidence trail required for HSE compliance and insurer audits.